November 03, 2010 Edition

LawCo. election results announced

James Ratliff (left), who was elected as state representative of District 73 on Tuesday, visits with Democratic Congressional candidate Chad Causey during a campaign stop in Walnut Ridge on Friday. Causey appears to have lost his bid for election against Republican candidate Rick Crawford.
TD Photo ~ Shantelle Prater

Gretchen Hunt
Editor

Lawrence County voters decided several races during Tuesday's General and Municipal Election, according to unofficial results released by Lawrence County Clerk Tina Stowers.

The county experienced a 45 percent voter turnout with 4,712 of the 10,392 registered voters casting ballots in the election.

Democrat Alex Latham was elected as justice of the peace for District 9 with 315 votes (66.6 percent), compared to 158 votes (33.4 percent) for Republican Lloyd Clark.

In the race for state representative for District 73, Democrat James Ratliff was announced as the winner over Republican Chad Moseley. In Lawrence County, Ratliff received 2,985 votes (64.39 percent), and Moseley received 1,651 votes (35.61 percent).